http://www.nathanieljohnston.com/index.php/2009/10/spaceship-speed-limits-in-life-like-cellular-automata/ A blog of recreational math and coding Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:05:34 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.nathanieljohnston.com/index.php/2009/10/spaceship-speed-limits-in-life-like-cellular-automata/comment-page-1/#comment-1286 Nick Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:14:50 +0000 http://www.nathanieljohnston.com/?p=830#comment-1286 I guess we should give up on light-speed travel then..if ships can't move faster than c/2 orthogonally.. :) I guess we should give up on light-speed travel then..if ships can’t move faster than c/2 orthogonally..

]]> http://www.nathanieljohnston.com/index.php/2009/10/spaceship-speed-limits-in-life-like-cellular-automata/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 Carnival of Mathematics #59 « The Number Warrior Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:07:20 +0000 http://www.nathanieljohnston.com/?p=830#comment-1241 [...] Conway’s Game of Life has gliders” and “spaceships” which move around the cellular automata grid (see the picture above). Nathaniel Johnston works out if they have “speed limits”. [...] [...] Conway’s Game of Life has gliders” and “spaceships” which move around the cellular automata grid (see the picture above). Nathaniel Johnston works out if they have “speed limits”. [...]

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